What's the point of hiding achievements? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PillowTalk420@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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How am I supposed to earn them if I don't even know what they expect me to do for them? Why do these exist? I haven't even encountered a game (not even a Fromsoft game, and those guys are notorious for being vague and not forthcoming with info even for guide books) where the hidden achievements were not already listed by a 3rd party somewhere outside of the game day 1, so why not just show them in the damn game?

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[-] TrueJournals@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

By this logic, you can look up the solution to puzzles, so why do puzzle games exist?

[-] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There's a difference between knowing there is a puzzle to be completed and being given the solution to the puzzle. Achievements should direct you to the fact there is a puzzle; they don't need to give the solution to the puzzle.